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If a client connection emits an `'error'` event, it will be forwarded here.
Listener of this event is responsible for closing/destroying the underlying
socket. For example, one may wish to more gracefully close the socket with an
HTTP '400 Bad Request' response instead of abruptly severing the connection.
socket. For example, one may wish to more gracefully close the socket with a
custom HTTP response instead of abruptly severing the connection.

Default behavior is to destroy the socket immediately on malformed request.
Default behavior is to close the socket with an HTTP '400 Bad Request' response
if possible, otherwise the socket is immediately destroyed.

`socket` is the [`net.Socket`][] object that the error originated from.

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